Meaning

8 senses
  1. A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.

    He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up.

    Poster, Affiche

    по́стерpóstɛr, афи́шаafíša

    афі́шаafíša, по́стерpóster

  2. An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.

    I saw a poster for the film on the side of a bus.

    Plakat, Anschlag, Poster

    плака́тplakát, афи́шаafíša, по́стерpóstɛr

    плака́тplakát, афі́шаafíša

    a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

  3. (Internet)One who posts a message.

    Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.

  4. (informal)A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point.

    Pfosten

  5. (slang)A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.

    We got three posters in the third and lost.

  6. A dunk over a defending player.

  7. (dated)A posthorse.

  8. (archaic)A swift traveller; a courier.

Examples

105 sentences
  1. Tom and Mary hung up posters for the bake sale.

    Том і Мері розвішували об'яви про розпродаж випічки. — oromashka

  2. Tom has posters on his walls.

  3. He paused to look at the poster.

    ruОн остановился, чтобы посмотреть на плакат. — AntonKhorev

    deEr hielt an, um das Plakat anzusehen. — samueldora

  4. Tom took the posters off the wall.

  5. Tom has several posters on his wall.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
picture intended to be attached to a wall:
advertisement — see also placard:
Русский
By meaning 2
picture intended to be attached to a wall:
advertisement — see also placard:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
picture intended to be attached to a wall:
advertisement — see also placard:
shot that hits a goalpost:

Origin

From post + -er, from post (“travel, dispatch”).

From post + -er, from post (“travel, dispatch”).

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Forms

plural: posters
Singularposter
Pluralposters

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

25 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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